“The steadily inward look leads us all to death, nations as well as persons, and is equally infantile in them all. Perhaps the most useful thing I have learned in my lifetime is that the process of maturing gradually turns the mind away from the small-self to the greater-self that is only served by serving others.” MindWellsLooksPersonsSelfTurnsNationsProcessGreaterLifetimeServingMatureI Have LearnedInwardServing OthersInfantileUseful Things Author:Margery Wilson
“No one could have been more surprised than I at my successes, and yet deep within me there was acknowledgment that had I not succeeded, I would have been equally surprised.” Has BeensSuccessCould Have BeenDeep WithinAcknowledgment Author:Margery Wilson
“Try to think of your thoughts as boomerangs - that is actually what they are - except that our thoughts multiply and each returns to us with a brood like itself.” ThinkingTryingReturnOur ThoughtsThink Of YouBoomerang Author:Margery Wilson
“any fair-minded person will agree that humanity hasn't the faintest inkling, at this time, of the powers and laws that will, sometime, be known and used.” PersonsLawUsedHumanityKnownFairsAgree Author:Margery Wilson
“Women will not, for many a year, perhaps never, descend again to the status of toys.” YearsWomenToys Author:Margery Wilson
“To be alive is sufficient evidence that we are needed in the world. Otherwise we wouldn't be here.” WorldAliveNeededEvidenceSufficient Author:Margery Wilson
“People will invite you and seek you constantly if you learn how to give them the extreme pleasure of being clever. People adore the one who encourages them to display their conversational wares and admires the display.” PeopleIfsGivingPleasureExtremesCleverAdmireInvitesDisplayAdore Author:Margery Wilson
“Life pulls at bewildered humanity in so many ways! Blessed is the woman who makes her life a career of stimulating the courage of others.” WayHumanityCareersBlessedBewildered Author:Margery Wilson